Rereading Harold Bloom’s book on Shakespeare, The Invention of the Human, I was struck anew by this passage on page 56 regarding the uniqueness of his characters, excerpted here: “Instead of fitting the role to the play, the post-Marlovian Shakespeare creates personalities who never could be accommodated by their roles: excess marks them not as…
Two recent breakthroughs in neuroscience seemed worth reporting in the context of our work in theatre: 1. The over expression of a single gene, NR2B, caused a rat to remember things three times longer than her kin.2. Individuals with a greater expression of a gene that regulates oxytocin score 22.7 higher on tasks that measure…
(Photo: Deborah Alexander) “The awful, terrible act of his dying was, he could see, reduced by those around him to the level of a casual, unpleasant, almost indecorous incident…and this was done by that very decorum which he had served his whole life long.” –from The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolostoy “Since you’re…
Playwright, reviewer and Nosediver James Comtois returned to the Trilogy last night to see Rattlers after his lovely review of Angel Eaters two weeks ago. He has good things to say about Rattlers, and returns tonight to see the final installment, 8 Little Antichrists. Shouldn’t you join him? As always, highlights and pics to follow!…
This review escaped my notice at first, but the intrepid Dr. Watson posted it on Facebook and brought it to my attention. It’s a good review of Rattlers written by a new reviewer for the Corps, Amanda Halkiotis, and interestingly, she spells Johnna Adams’ name as Johnna Abrams (perhaps an accidental auto-spell check correction?). I…
A really lovely write-up from theatre renaissance man Toby Thelin on his blog, Theatre Knights. It feels like we’ve turned the corner with the Trilogy, and Toby’s review, along with the energy at this Saturday’s marathon, reminded us why we took on such a daunting project in the first place. Only one week left –…
A nice review from Jason Tseng at Bilerico, a cool LGBTQ group blog. Highlights with pics below! ************************************ Johnna Adams’ epic three-part work The Angel Eaters Trilogy follows the heartbreaking, complex, and chilling story of a family bloodline, cursed with the ability to raise the dead, with horrific consequences. While at face value, the synopsis…
(Photo: Johnna Adams. Pictured: Satanachia) A review of all 3 plays from actor Michael Mraz, writing for nytheatre.com: nytheatre.com review Michael Mraz · November 8, 2008 Johnna Adams started writing her Angel Eaters Trilogy and Flux Theatre Ensemble was so taken by the initial work that they decided to take on the entire three-part saga…
(Photo: Justin Hoch. Pictured: Becky Kelly) Backstage’s Mark Peikert was our second reviewer to take on all three plays, and his review just went up on Backstage. Before sharing the highlights and more great pics with you, I’d like to take a moment to praise Backstage for their support of Indie theatre. They don’t ever…
(Photo: Justin Hoch.) Aaron Riccio was our first intrepid reviewer to brave all three shows in the trilogy, and his insightful reviews are posted on his own website, That Sounds Cool, and at New Theatre Corps. He connected most deeply with Rattlers, but has insight into all three productions, some of which I’ve included below,…
Recent Comments